Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-05
JOHN BOUND over.
"COfee John" is Required to Give
$3.50 Sureties for His Appearance
Before the Grand Jury.
The Case Of Threatening to Commit an
Assault is Dismissed-The
Threats are Proven.
John Blooms Out as Lawyer-A
"TrOmbOne" Reporter With
Very Bad Memory.

The matter of the assault OF Coffee
John" upon HI. G. Whitney, of the
Herald, which was mentioned in yester-
days DEMOCRAT was concluded in Judge
McKay's Court this morning.
Yesterday afternoon the evidence was
all taken. 1t went to show that John
met Whitney; called him an s. b.;
Whitney retaliated and John struck him
on the nose; Whitney struck back and
the officer separated them; Whitney put
his hands in his hip pockets and John
yelled He's got gum" John was ar
rested and Whitney walked off.
The case was taken under advisement
until 10 o'clock this morning. In the
meantime Whitney swore out complaint
against John, charging him with threat
ening to commit an assault. This case
also went over till to-day.
This morning John was arraigned upon
a charge of threatening to commit an as
sault upon Horace G.. Whitney on the
3rd day of May, 1887. He entered plea
of not guilty, and the examination of wit
nesses commenced.
EDWARD WINS,
OF the Herald, was first sworn. lie said:
I know H. G. Whitney; know the de-
PENDANT in this case; on Tuesday last l
was passing Johns place, and he asked
me who reported the District Court pro-
ceedings for the Herald; l told him that
l supposed it was Whitney, and he re-
piled that Whitney had abused him and
he thought the only way to get even was
to click" him.
To defense-I am not positive whether
it was Monday or Tuesday.
To Mr.. Whitney, know there was no
Herald published on Monday and it must
have been Tuesday; I know it was not
yesterday.
Coffee John-You are not positive
whether it was Monday or Tuesday.
Mr.. Dickson-It don't make any differ
ence what day it was.
Coffee John-The complaint charges
that l committed the offense on the Sd
day of May.
Mr.. Dickson-That don't make any
difference
Coffee John-Then its no use asking
him.
MR.. JESSUP,
OF the Trombone, said: l know the de-
PENDANT and Whitney; the morning after
"the article" appeared l was talking
with John and he made certain state
ments that conveyed the idea that he in
tended to lay Whitney out; that was
day before yesterday in the morning; on
the afternoon of the same day l asked
John if he intended to lay Whitney
out and he said no, he had
no intention of doing anything OF the
kind; l don't remember warning Whit |
ney against him; 1 may have done so,
but L don't call it to mind 1 remember |
meeting Whitney in the City Council |
chamber on Tuesday night; l don't !
know whether told him then that John |
was going to lay him out it may have !
been then, but don't rememher re- 7
member now that did tell Whitney
to look out f6T John, but 1 don't know
when it was. Excused.
The bad memory of this witness made |
Cohab. Homer and his two merry wives,
who happened to be in the room, blush |
HENRY a. NOON,
Also reporter of the Trombone, said | /
know Whitney and l know the defend
ant; On Tuesday last stopped in Johns |
place and asked him what he thought of |
the Herdld'S article; he said that he was
going to click" Whitney for it. Ex-
cused.
Here the prosecution rested and, with
out Introducing any testimony, John |
arose and asked that the case against !
him be dismissed on the ground that |
there was no evidence to show that the |
offense had taken place in Salt Lake /
City, in Salt Lake county or in Utah /
Territory.
Mr.. Dickson said he would concede /
that and said that it made no difference.
In neat little speech he asked that the
defendant be held in the interest of the
public peace.
John replied in lawyer-like speech
and the case was submitted.
The Judge said that in view of the fact
that the offense threatened had already |
been committed, and the defendant was
now under arrest for that offense, he did |
not think that nc would be justified in
holding him for it. In the case Of assault, !
however, he said that the defendant |
would be required to give bonds in the |
sum of $3.50 for his appearance before the /
Grand Jury.
Joseph Oberndorfer and J. w. Farrell |